UA vs UK Baseball Weekend

Aunt Jennifer with the boys

Luke, Liam, and AJ shared a room with Aunt Jennifer so Finn could sleep a little later in the morning.  The big boys are typically up before Finn.

Getting our baseballs signed with Cousin Zach

Mimi and the boys

Grandpa Morse and the boys

Opening new KY shirts and items from Aunt Jennifer

Finn's new KY shirt.  His one from last summer was a little short.

Posing for a picture with Zach

Finn refused to face the wall

Photo bomb from Cousin Calvin in the background

Zach and teammate warming up

Getting to see Zach after the game on Saturday night

Cousin Zach, #39 on University of Kentucky baseball team

Liam, Calvin, and Luke with John

Liam and Calvin

This is what cotton candy does to you!

John (in stands) watching Zach warm up (against wall)

Aiden's baseball that he got at the game on Sunday!

Metting Ribby the Razorback

Finn and Ribby

Zach on the mound at the Sunday afternoon game!!

We had a super fun extended weekend with a trip to Fayetteville, Arkansas.  We have been talking about taking a trip to Arkansas for at least a year now.  The University of Arkansas baseball team was playing the University of Kentucky in Fayetteville which is only about 3 hours from my entire family.  John's sister's oldest son is a left handed freshman pitcher at the University of Kentucky so our plan was to see him play baseball and visit with my family.  It was a busy, fun, crazy weekend.  We managed to squeeze in three baseball games, swimming at the hotel, playing at the park, eating out, visiting, etc...The boys were counting down the days to see Zach play baseball and visit with their cousin, Calvin.  As we were leaving Arkansas, they were begging to stay a little longer.

We arrived on Friday afternoon just in time for Zach's first game.  Although our trip down to Fayetteville was not an easy one, that's another story that I won't get into at this point. Thankfully, we arrived safely and quickly went to the baseball game after meeting up with my entire family and John's sister, Jennifer.  On Saturday, we had a full day of playing and swimming before heading to the next game that evening.  We originally planned to head back to MN on Sunday morning; however, the timing of the game was moved up and the boys were out of school on Monday for a teacher workshop so we opted to stay a bit longer and leave Sunday afternoon.

We are so thankful we were able to stay in Fayetteville a bit longer on Sunday because we were able to see Zach pitch at the final game.  When we saw him run across the field to the warm up area, we were definitely excited.  We were able to see Zach pitch several innings and he did an awesome job!  Thank you to Jennifer, Zach, and all of my family for a wonderful weekend.